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UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. 



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LIGHT LINE 

PHONOGRAPHY. 



The easiest, quickest and most legible 
system of Shorthand. 



COPYRIGHT 189? BY HENRY TEALE 



NEW YORK, H QQ €f ^ J 

EXCELSIOR PUBLISHING HOUSE, 
20 akd 31 Beekman Street. 






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KALE'S LIGHT til P11GRAPE 

The most legible and the quickest, 
can be learned in half the time re- 
quired by ordinary shorthand. Each 
sound is represented by a separate 
character without the use of shading; 
this gives a wonderful increase in 
both legibility and speed. 



LIGHT LINE PHONOGRAPHY is one of the 

greatest inventions of the age, it is almost as legi- 
ble as longhand writing, and yet is one of the 
quickest systems of Shorthand in the world. 

It can be learned in half the time required by 
ordinary shorthand. 



T ES A. Xj ES ! 

SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING SCHOOLS: 

121 COURT STREET, near Atlantic Ave., 
BROOKLYiv, ar. y. 

You cannot afford to learn ordinary Short- 
hand at any price. 

Light Line Phonography is 20 per cent quicker, 
100 per cent more legible, and can be thoroughly 
learned in half the time required by ordinary short- 
hand. 



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PREFACE 



* Great praise is due to the gentlemen who report for the periodical 
pres3 for the very accurate reports they furnish by means of their 
lengthy and defective systems of stenography." I believe this state- 
ment was first penned in the year 1845, and has been printed in 
Isaac Pitman's books ever since. It was aimed at the old-fashioned 
systems of shorthand. I now cast it back at its author, simply sub- 
stituting the word "Phonography" for the word "Stenography." 
There is no doubt that some writers of old-fashioned phonography, 
after five or ten years' experience, succeed in doing excellent work 
with their lengthy and defective systems of shorthand, and when we 
consider that each outline in the Pitmanic systems* represents from 
six to fourteen different words, and that the unfortunate steno- 
grapher must guess which is the right one, the only wonder is that 
they can ever do good work. 

In Teale's Light Line Phonography each outline represents one or 
two words, scarcely ever more than two. Of these two words one 
is generally a word of rare occurrence. For example: T written on 
the line represents the words It or Tea and nothing else. 

In the Pitmanic systems, T on the line represents five words; T 
when shaded becomes D, and represents eight words more. As 
shading is almost impossible in rapid writing, T on the line in a Pit- 
man reporter's notes represents thirteen different words, and the un- 
fortunate reporter must guess which is the right one. In Teale's 
system, P on the line represents Hope or Pay and nothing else, while 



* In speaking cf the Pitmanic systems of phonography, we include 
all systems which are based on the Ptman alphabet, such as 
Munson, Graham, Longley, Marsh, etc. 



in the Titmanic systems P on the lino represents six words; P when 
shaded becomes B, and represents eight words more, or fourteen 
in all. 

Of course the student is told that he will know which is the cor- 
rect word by the context, but, as almost every character in his notes 
is equally ambiguous, the context is a very unreliable guide, and 
the reporter is obliged to guess, and guess, and guess; and very 
cf ten he guesses wrong. In Light Line Phonography guessing is 
out of the question — the student reads and does not guess. 

Now about speed. A few minutes' examination of the engraved 
notes in this pamphlet will prove to the stenographer that Light 
Line Phonography is fundamentally the most rapid system of short- 
hand in the world. 

In ordinary phonography there are thousands of contractions to 
be learned by heart; and if the student is not blessed with a remark- 
able memory he will surely fail in becoming an expert stenographer 
with those systems. 

Light Line Phonography is fundamentally so rapid that very few 
contractions are necessary, and consequently there is very little to 
remember. 

The remarkable legibility of Teale's Light Line Phonography 
makes it certain that in the near future this system of shorthand 
will be universally used. Asa consequence of this remarkable 
legibility the old time practice of employers reading over and cor- 
recting letters written by stenographers will be entirely abandoned. 
An employer can put as much confidence in the accuracy of letters 
written in tins system of shorthand as if they were dictated to a 
longhand writer, and consequently stenographers who use thi3 system 
can command better salaries than any others. 



LIGHT LINE PHONOGRAPHY. 



The word phonography is taken from two Greek words, 
phone, a voice or sound, and graphe, a writing. The word 
phonography therefore means a writing of the voice, or 
writing words as they are pronounced. 

In ordinary spelling A has three distinct sounds, as heard 
in the words mat, fate, fall. The sound in the word fate is 
really A, the other two are Ah and Aw. 

In phonography every sound is represented by a dif- 
ferent sign or character. 

- has always the sound of A in age, ' has always the 
sound of E in we, and so with the rest of the letters. 

CONSONANTS. 

B) d/ F,V_ K _ 

M^ N ^ P \ T | 

Before proceeding further the student must memorize the 
above consonants. 

VOWELS. 

■— A as in age x I as in time 

/ E as in we ^ Ow as in cow 

A vowel written above a horizontal consonant, reads be- 
fore it, written below, it reads after. See aim, may, ache, 
nay, the first four words in Exercise I. 



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EXERCISE I. 

- - - - l '- ^ ^ ^ ^ — 

^ -^ ^ ^ ^ /7 - 4 ^ ^ ^ 

7-x ,-s_ h '"->< w A _ )- w _ 

EXERCISE II. 

Aim, may, ache, nay, ape, pay, day, aid, paid, fade, make* 
tame, be, fee, knee, key, me, team, beam, feed, beef, keep, 
meek, tie, by, nigh, die, my, pie, dime, knife, pike, bough, 
now, cow. 

Every exercise in this book must be carefully written in 
longhand and shorthand several times. 





ADDITIO] 


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:ONSONANTS. 




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Oh J 


Sh y 


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Ng ^ Z ^7 RorV^ 

The letters L, R, W, Y, H and Z when they stand alone 
are always written upward; the rest of the letters are 
written downward or from right to left. 

The letters J, G and Z are double length, V and Sh are 
half length. 

G has always the hard sound of G in gave, never the soft 
sound of G in <jrem. 



ADDITIONAL VOWELS. 

1 O as in hope. ^ ,| Oo as in food. 

"I U as in up. J Ew as in new . 

-'I O as in not. ,j Aw as in awL 

'I A as in bag. ./ E as in beg. 

.( I as in big. „j oi as in oil. 

These vowels are written beside the letter T to show the 
difference in position. See wrote, root, pole, pool, the first 
four words in Exercise III. 

EXERCISE III. 

^ 4. V V A A! p-^ K< U 

n ~\ <A 4 ^ ^ ^ ^ Q 
K 1 vr* v ^ \. n _ n ^r 

X S* ■ jrf* _ ' -i ,' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 

EXERCISE IV. 

Wrote, root, pole, pool, dome, doom, comb, boom, boat, 
boot, coat, coal, cool, go, tomb, show, shoe, cot, caught, rot, 
wrought, not, naught, lot, law, Tom, fought, ball, up, pew, 
nut, new, cut, come, mule, pull, bull, dull. 



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EXERCISE V. 

EXERCISE VI. 

Cat, rat, mat, fat, met, bell, pet, peck, peg, deck, net, let, 
wet, it, wit, fit, knit, pit, dim, Dick, wick, nip, toy, boy, toil, 
boil, coil, foil, joy, alloy. 

A consonant may be written half length to add T or D. 
See pat, pet, pit, put, the first four words in exercises VII 
and VIII. 

EXERCISE VII. 

^ n n, \- \j l v c n r w v v: /- 
/ /- /' w 'U ~* *£ y «? C f* 

^ w x, <- ' '*. * < y v \ /. 

EXERCISE VIII. 

Pat, pet, pit, put, taught, light, let, knit, fit, fate, note, nut, 
wet, wait, white, need, made, mate, meat, feet, mat, met, 
night, late, date, debt, died, deed, lot, not, bad, bid, did, wit. 

R may be added by a small hook on the left, or lower side 
of a straight consonant. 

A small hook on the opposite side to the R hook adds L. 
See the first four words in Exercise IX, pray, cry, play, clay. 

R and L hooks read immediately after the consonants to 
which they are written, without the intervention of a vowel. 



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EXERCISE IX. 

r f -, — ^^ <c^ ^ i^ u 
>c x v i ^ r ^ n 

EXERCISE X. 

Pray, cry, play, clay, draw, glow, glue, try, tree, true, grow, 
grew, plum, plume, tram, trim, dream, pry, ply, drew, crew, 
tray, plate, prayed, plight, tried, treat, trade, proud, pride, 
gloom, clam, gleam, drum, crow, dried, dread, drape, drink, 
drip, drawl, droll, drop, droop, track, trail, truly. 

On curved consonants a small hook is used for R and a 
large one for L. See brew, blue, brow, blow, the first 
four words in Exercise XI. 

Fl and Fr are exceptions to this rule, Fl being inverted to 
form Fr. See fry, fly, free, flee, the second four words in 
Exercise XI. 

Hooks and circles are always turned inside of curved 
consonants. 

EXERCISE XL 

X o, >• 9' -> £'--f '«£'<£ -^ v 

-•> % ii o_ % p, a «x z *: 

^\ ^ ^ <_■ % o <U "5r C , 



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EXERCISE XII. 

Brew, blue, brow, blow, fry, fly, free, flee, flow, flew, 
shrew, able, black, bleak, blank, blame, bless, bliss, blos- 
som, bluff, break, brass, braid, bread, brag, break, bracket, 
bracelet, brewery, brew, flag, freak, flap, flat, float, flute, 
fruit, fraught, flight, fling, frail, frill, through, three, throw. 

R may be added by writing the preceding consonant 
double length. 

When R is added by lengthening, a vowel always 
reads before the added letter. See fire, fry, tour, true, the 
first four words in Exercise XIII. 

A downward R or L shows a vowel before it ; upward a 
vowel after it. See fur, fury, fell, folly, the second four 
words in Exercise XIII. 

EXERCISE XIII. 



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EXERCISE XIV. 

Fire, fry, tour, true, tear, tray, bar, brew, tree, bare, 
brow, fair, pare, pray, rare, rear, near, wire, mire, bore, more, 
blew, flee, fly, bread, flute, three, flight, fling, brewery, brass, 
bracket, black, bleak, frail, pearl, barrel, barley, truly, 
dreary, drear, drawer, ferry, fairy, fury, fur, fell, folly. 

A small hook at the end of a consonant adds N. On 
straight consonants the N hook must be written on the left 
or lower side. See dine, done, cane, gone, the first four 
words in Exercise XV. 



EXERCISE XV. 



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EXERCISE XVI. 

Dine, done, cane, gone, ten, fine, gain, lane, lean, line, 
pine, dawn, den, pen, pain, bun, bean, fan, bone, boon, nine^ 
none, nun, pin, pan, gun, rain, run, train, plain, drain, 
drawn, clean, brown, green, glean, clown, throne, grain, crane. 

A small hook at the end of a straight consonant, on the 
opposite side to the N hook, adds F or V. See cave, cane, 
pave, pain, the first four words in Exercise XVII. 

The F or V hook cannot be written to curved consonants, 
as hooks and circles must always be written on the inside 
of curved letters. See muff, man, beef, five, the second 
four words in Exercise XVII. 

EXERCISE XVII. 

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I. 

EXERCISE XVIII. 



Cave, cane, pave, pain, muff, man, beef, bean, five, life, 
cough, grave, grain, proof, train, drive, drain, rave, rain, 



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Dave, Dane, dove, done, deaf, den, cuff, cone, grief, green, 
gone, gave, moan, move, ruff, run, knife, nine, line, wine, 
wife, rife, dive, drove, drone, brown, grieve. 

When the N or F hook is written at the end of a conson- 
ant, it is final, that is a vowel cannot be read after it. In 
such words as Fanny, bonny, coffee, gravy, the stem N, F 
or V is used. See the first four words in Exercise XIX. 

EXERCISE XIX. 

K^, £ rv, 

\ -* *; c 

/- r /• j- 

^ r ) ' /* /- x x r v v \ ^ 

EXERCISE XX. 
Fanny, fan, bone, boney, bonny, grave, gravy, cough, 
coffee, puff, puffy, pen, penny, cone, pain, pave, den, deaf, 
Duffy, muff, moan, move, moon, bun, bean, Ben, Benny, pan, 
pen, pin, plain, train, drive, drain, brown, brain, pail, play, 
power, fire, fry, fly, true, tour, tire, try, fruit, freight, flight, 
crown, grow, crew. 

When the N or F hook is written to a half length con- 
sonant, the added T or D reads after the N or F. See 
pint, paved, bend, puffed, the first four words in Exercise 

XXI. 

EXERCISE XXI. 

^ ^ ^ j; Jo ^ v )* y T >* /? 



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EXERCISE XXII. 

Pint, paved, bend, puffed, tent, tint, found, raft, cleft, 
faint, leaned, mint, mind, moaned* meant, pound, point, 
dent, kind, dawned, fund, dined, lined, round, rent, rift, 
rained, roughed, taunt, tuned, dived, pinned, paint, penned, 
band, bond, bind, bound. 

S is written on the right or upper side of a straight con- 
sonant. When S is written on the opposite side it adds R 
at the beginning, and N at the end. See stay, stray, pays, 
pains, the first four words in Exercise XXIII. 

EXERCISE XXIII. 

r v x s / / r y r ^ \ <\ ^ 
\ v t \ \ t ■...-■* </ t s t t t, 

y i r 1- /' </ j« 2- t .j- =r» =n> - t — o 

EXERCISE XXIV. 

Stay, stray, pays, pains, sad, said, sod, sawed, side, spy, 
spry, soap, soup, spray, strive, stain, price, prince, pines, 
pies, dens, days, dines, dies, toes, tones, ties, tens, dice, 
dance, dence, dunce, draft, drift, drained, case, canes, goes, 
gains, fan, Fanny, man, money, many, men, main, sat, 
strayed, stride, straight, peace, pence, crowns, gowns, 
moves. 

S may be written double length to add T. See seam, 
steam, miss, mist, the first four words in Exercise XXV. 

S may be written double size to add S or Z. See size, 
season, faces, possess, the second four words in Exercise 
XXV. 



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EXERCISE XXV. 

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a - c> <"~* <T> 






EXERCISE XXVI. 
Seam, steam, miss, mist, size, season, faces, possess, stick, 
step, stab, stake, steady, study, stem, steam, steamer, most, 
must, last, least, fast, feast, cost, cast, cased, based, boast, 
waste, west, haste, host, guest, gust, nest, mast, basis, 
mosses, Moses, success, dies, dines, dose, doses, loss, losses, 
case, cases, mass, masses, dance, dances, prince, princes, 
tense, tenses, cave, cane, canes. 

S may be added to the St loop or to Ss. See last, lasts, 
success, successes, the first four words in Exercise XXVII. 

A small hook at the beginning of L, M or N represents 
W. See while, whim, went, wail, the second four words in 
Exercise XXVII. 

A tick at the beginning of M, L, R or B, may be used for 
H. See hill, hammer, habit, hair, the third four words in 
Exercise 27. 

EXERCISE XXVII. 
/f &* £_D <ZL&> V~ er^ o -f~ ^ '*— 

\ "> ^-<=i «r^» ~~*> *— ^ s, b ^> ia 

- ,^ &=> ^ ^ ^ ^" W> ^T 



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EXERCISE XXVIII. 

Last, lasts, success, successes, while, whim, went, wail, 
hill, hammer, habit, hair, mast, masts*, mist, mists, fast, fasts, 
feast, feasts, guest, guests, rest, rests, waste, wastes, wheel, 
well, wool, winter, winner, Wednesday, whimper, wanton, 
hall, hail, heel, hobby, window. 

VERBATIM REPORTING. 

In reporting the vowels are generally omitted, and the 
consonant outlines written in three positions. 

First position, above the line, shows that Ah, Aw or the 
long sound of I follows the first consonant. See by, law, 
die, fight, the first four words in Exercise XXIX. 

Double length consonants are in the first position on the 
line. See fire, bar, par, tar, the second four words in 
Exercise 29. 

EXERCISE XXIX. 



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EXERCISE XXX. 

By, law, die, fight, my, nigh, pie, night, white, shy, fright, 
strive, pavyn, tried, lime, sawed, sought, drawn, dial, trial, 
fry, fly, mile, last, lasts, casts, fasts, cry, dry, draw, drive, 
try, Fanny, fire, par, bar, far, tire, light, might, bad, mine, 
fine, fan, ran, right, ride, Saul, Paul, wide. 

. Second position, on the line, shows that E or A, long or 
short, follows the first consonant. See be, pit, day, met. 



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A large hook at the beginning of a word shows that the 
position vowel reads before the first consonant instead of 
after it. See ought, eat, aim, ache, second four words in 
Exercise 31. 

A large hook at the end of a consonant, shows the 
syllable shon. See nation, mission, emotion, fashion, third 
four words in Exercise 31. 

Double length consonants are in the second position, a 
little through the line. See bare, pear, near, fair. 



EXERCISE XXXI. 

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C? 7 ^ r7 ~ r 



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EXERCISE XXXII. 

Be, pit, day, met, ought, eat, aim, ache, nation, mission, 
emotion, fashion, bare, pear, peer, fair, fee, hay, gay, key, 
mill, nay, tea, caution, tension, aid, fade, laid, made, lane, 
lean, meant, mint, mind, kind, find, sent, send, faint, bent, 
lend, prayed, played, stake, stick, step, steam, steamer, mist, 
meets, feast, fits, masts, mats. 

Third position, through or under the line, shows that O, 
U, Ow, Oi or Oo follows the first consonant. See more, 
bun, town, few. 



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EXERCISE XXXIII. 

z : ) — i ^ / ) fa / — t^ -r^-h- 

-+- ^ — ^ — ^ — v ^> — — —^ / ^v 
1 / — ft — y- — y r ^ — » 

EXERCISE XXXIV. 

More, bun, town, few, due, boy, go, joy, cow, low, rue, 
row, too, view, woe, thou, show, poor, power, mood, food, 
feud, sown, sued, soot, strewed, note, flood, choose, poss- 
ess, mosses, gust, guest, study, muff, puff, dove, cuff, fun, 
noon, moon, none, gone, gun, plum, true, drew, crew, grew, 
grow, boil, foil, soil, plow, gloom, drum, crown, glue. 

The prefixes con or com, may be represented by a dot at 
the beginning of a consonant, or by the letter K. Con or 
com does not take position ; the first vowel in the rest 
of the word is the position vowel. Constant, complete, 
confined, confound. 

In the middle of a word the syllables con or com, may be 
indicated by disjoining. Recommend, irreconciliation, in- 
complete, inconstant. 

The sylable ing, may be represented by Ng, or by a dot 
at the end of a word. When Ng will form a good joining, 
it must be used in preference to the dot. Going, waiting, 
causing, meaning. 

SI may be used for the syllable self. Myself, himself, 
selfish, yourself. 

F may be used for the syllable ful. Careful, beautiful. 



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B may be written for the syllable able or ible. Sensible, 
excusable. 

As Ng scarcely ever occurs at the beginning of a word in 
English, the sign for it may be used for the syllable in, when 
written in the first position, en, in the second position, and 
un, in the third position. This character may be written 
either way up. Induce, enemy, undue, increase. 

G cannot be written half length as it would become K, 
but G may be written quarter length to add T or D. K when 
standing alone is not written half length. Get, good, caught, 
kid. 

A large hook at the beginning of K on the upper side, 
adds W and reads as Kw. A large hook on the lower side 
of K shows an initial vowel. Quote, request, ache, oak. 

An additional form for W is sometimes useful. The char- 
acter found in the words walk, wake, wood, and bewail, at 
the end of the next exercise, is called brief W. This letter 
is written at the beginning of a consonant to add a first po- 
sition vowel, in the middle of a consonant to add a second 
position vowel, and at the end lo add a third position vowel. 

EXERCISE XXXV. 



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EXERCISE XXXVI. 

Constant, complete, confind, confound, recommend, irre- 
conciliation, incomplete, inconstant, going, waiting, causing, 
meaning, myself, himself, selfish, yourself, careful, beautiful, 



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sensible, excusable, induce, enemy, undue, increase, get, 
good, caught, kid, quote, request, ache, oak, walk, wake, 
wood, bewail. 



A small hook before S shows an initial vowel, after S a 
final vowel. A small hook after S may also be used for 
the syllable shon. Ask, fancy, easy, position, compensation. 



EXERCISE XXXVII. 






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f ^ v/ 4r ^w- <P 



EXERCISE XXXVIII. 

Ask, fancy, easy, possession, compensation, sigh, saw, see, 
ease, sue, escape, asleep, esteem, easel, astonish, assign, aside, 
ascertain, certain, assist. 

EXERCISE XXXIX. 

Pat, pet, pit, put, [7] pray, play, cry, clay, [9] brew, blue, 
brow, blow, [n] fire, fry, tour, true, [13] dine, done, 
gone, [15] cave, cane, pave, pain, [17] Fanny, bonny, coffee, 
gravy, [19] pint, paved, bend, puffed, [21]. 



Exercises 39, 40 and 41, are test exercises. The student 
must write them without referring to any other part of the 
book. The numbers refer to the original shorthand exer- 
cises, in which the words are found. After the student has 
completed exercise XXXIX, he may refer to the numbered 
exercises, to ascertain if he has written it correctly. Where 
he finds errors in his work he should write the whole 
exercise referred to. 



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EXERCISE XL. 

Stay, stray, pays, pains, (23) seam, steam miss, mist (25) 
last, lasts, success, successes, (27) fire, fry, far, free, par, pray, 
tar, try, fly, (29) lend, prayed, played, stake, steam, steamer, 
mist, (31) more, fun, town, crown, glue, boil, gloom (33). 

EXERCISE XLI. 

Constant, complete, confined, confound, irresolution, 
incomplete, increase, get, good, caught, kid, quote, meaning, 
causing, selfish, induce, enemy, (35) assume, assemble, assist, 
assault, estimate, astray, aspire, compensation, position, (37) 

R through the line may be written double length to add M 
EXERCISE XLII. 




EXERCISE XLIII. 

Room, rum, roar, rear, rhyme, remit, remain, remainder, 
remittance, remedy, remind, reminiscence, remission, remote, 
remove, removal, remunerate, Romans, remuneration, remun- 
erative, roamed, remnant, remiss. 

A consonant may be written half length to add T. The let- 
ters B, D, G, &f , N, T, may be written half length to add 
either T or D. Mnemonic aid, Bad Garment. 



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EXERCISE XLIV. 
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EXERCISE XLV. 

Hate, fate, fade, wait, wade, pet, paid, get, good, kid, cat, 
begged, laid, faded, waited, bad, bought, deed, feed, feud, 
food, date, debt, died, weed, made, mate, mood, note, need, 
neat, knit, taught, tide, dated, light, load, laid, late, coat, wet, 
feet, feed, beat, abode, dried, cried, flight, flood, bright, blight. 

EXERCISE XLVI. 

Mend, mind, kind, went, lent, leaned, violent, valient, 
talent, command, commend, commanded, found, founded, 
puffy, cough, coffee, men, money, paved, bend, dance, deaf, 
dunce, crowns, draft, drained, strewed, stride, prince, size, 
successes, losses, cases, caves, canes, case, days, dines. 

EXERCISE XLVII. 

Wanton, hall, hail, heel, hobby, window, winner, winter, 
Wednesday, hammer, habit, wool, well, wheel, whimper, beau- 
tiful, sensible, incomplete, selfish, himself, myself, increase, 
undne, ache, oak, walk, wake, week, work, dwarf, turf, dwell. 

S may be added to the F hook on straight consonants, 
and the N hook on curved ones. Caves, fence, binds, roofs, 
the first four words in exercise 48. 



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S on the N side adds N ; the St loop follows the same rule. 
See case, canes, guest, against, the second four words in 
Exercise 48. 

Between two consonants S must be written on the most 
convenient side. See desk, task, execution, discussion ; the 
third four words in Exercise 48. S may sometimes be 
written on the opposite side to add R. See discourse, dis- 
crete, excursion, discretion. 

As lengthening adds R, the character shown in the 
alphabet, (page 4) representing R or V, is scarcely ever used 
for R at the end of a word. At the beginning of a word 
this character always represents R unless it is followed by 
K or G. See beer, brewer, behave, behavior, superior, 
vacant, vague ; the last seven words in Exercise 48. 

EXERCISE XLVIII. 
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Caves, fence, binds, roofs, case, canes, guest, against, desk, 
task, execution, discussion, discourse, discrete, excursion, 
discretion, finds, tents, kinds, lends, funds, faints, puffs, 



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grieves, coughs, dives, defies, defence, defiance, dines, dawns, 
proves, canst, commenced, danced, commence, disrepute, 
disruption, display, disguise, disgrace, disclaim, discrepancy, 
disdain, disfigure, rent, rents, rafts, pound, pounds, pint, 
pints, bond, bonds, band, bands, rain, rains, ruff, run, runs, 
beer, brewer, behave, behavior, superior, vacant, vague. 



THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES SHOULD BE 
WRITTEN IN SHORTHAND. 

i. A good beginning is half the work. 2. Rome was not 
built in a day. 3. He who speaks much, often blunders. 
4. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 5. A fault confessed 
is half redressed. 6. The poor are always in the wrong. 
7. Honesty is the best policy. 8. He that goes a borrowing 
goes a sorrowing. 9. Skill is better than strength. 10. 
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers. 
11. Better to be silent than to speak ill. 12. Better alone 
than in bad company. 13. A bird in the hand is worth two 
in the bush. 14. Habit is second nature. 15. Let no one 
boast of a thing until he has finished it. 16. No one is so 
deaf as he who will not hear. 17. All is not gold that glitters. 
18. Never cast pearls before swine. 19. The shortest way 
is not always the best. 20. One gift is worth two promises. 
21. Knowledge is better than great riches. 22. Borrow a 
crown, and you will know its value. 23. One swallow does 
not make a summer. 24. Never cry over spilled milk. 
25. Cut your coat according to the cloth. 26. A barking 
dog seldom bites. 27. Genius and talent are not synonyms. 
28. Choose your companions from your superiors. 29. 
Riches cannot secure contentment. 30. What the eye never 
sees, the heart never grieves. 31. Never allow a favorable 
opportunity to escape. 32. Short reckonings make long 
friendships. 33. Experience is the best teacher. 34. Still 
waters run deep. 35. Tell me the company you keep, and I 
will tell you what you wbat are. 36. When wine is in, wit 
is out. 37. Where there is a will, there is a way. 38. 
When the cat is away, the mice will play. 39. A close 
mouth makes a wise head. 40. Every man to his trade. 
41. Wolves may lose their teeth, but not their nature. 



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BUSINESS LAW. 
Ignorance of the law excuses no one. 
An agreement without consideration is void. 
Signatures made with a lead pencil are good in law. 
A receipt for money paid is not legally conclusive. 
The acts of one partner bind all the others. 
Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced. 
A contract made with a minor or a lunatic is void. 
Principals are responsible for the acts of their agents. 
Agents are responsible to their principals for errors. 
Each individual in a partnership is responsible for the whole 

amount of the debt of the firm. 
A note given by a minor is void. 
Notes bear interest only when so stated. 
It is not necessary to say on a note, " for value received." 
A note drawn on Sunday is void. 

A note obtained by fraud, or from a person in a state of in- 
toxication, cannot be collected. 

If a note be lost or stolen, it does not release the maker. 

An indorser of a note is exempt from liability, if not served 

with notice of its dishonor within twenty-four hours 

of its non-payment. 

It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. 
The law compels no one to do impossibilities. 
A personal right of action dies with the person. 
In making agreements, consider not only your rights, but 
also your remedies. 



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WORD SIGNS. 

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* 1 any, 2 thing, 3 long. 

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c 1 with, 2 when, 3 were. 

, 1 that, 2 he, 3 who. 

o 1 as, has, 2 is, his, 3 us. 

- 1 can, 2 come, 3 could, company. 

_, 1 cannot, kind, 2 account. 

S~ 1 all, 2 will. 

^ 1 are, 2 or, 3 one. 

^ 1 by, 2 be, 3 but, obey, 4 to be. 

/ 1 had, die, 2 day, 3 do, due. 

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1 large, 3 joy, judge. 

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v — 1 in, 2 no, know, 3 on. 

v* 1 not, night, 2 and the, 3 on the. 

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9 1 doctor, 2 dear, 3 during. 

i 1 find, 2 found, 3 fond. 

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_ 1 got, 2 get, 3 good. 

c_ 1 glad. 

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1 myself, 2 himself. 

1 in their, neither, 2 nor, 3 under, hundred. 



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/ i enjoy. 

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* i bought, 2 body, 3 but the, 4 about. 

/ 2 better. 

7 2 able, 3 oblige-d. 

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2 district. 

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v^v 1 family. 



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3 honor, owner. 

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c ^ 1 where, we are, 3 whether. 

1 walk, 2 week, 3 work. 

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C 1 these, 2 this, 3 thus. 

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J 1 each, 2 which, 3 much. 

s 1 shall, 2 she, 3 show 

«^ 1 want, 2 went. 

p 2 till, tell, 3 until. 

1 1 tried, 2 trade. 

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^ 1 mind, 2 may not, amount. 

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J** 1 enlarge. 



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There was once a good little dwarf named Try, who was so power- 
ful that he overcame everything that he attempted, and yet was so small 
that people laughed when they were told, of his wondrous powers. But 
the tiny man was so kind at heart, and loved so much to serve those who 
were less able than himself, that he would go and beg of those who knew 
him better, to plead for him that he might be allowed to help them out of 
their troubles; and when once he had made them happy by his noble 
deeds, they no longer despised him or drove him away with sneers, but 
loved him as their best friend. Yet the only return this good dwarf 
sought for all his services, was that when they knew any one who wanted 
a helping hand they would say a good word in his favor, and commend 
them to Try. 

New York, Jan. 28th, 1888. 
Gentlemen:- In answer to yours of the 23rd. the goods were sent yes- 
terday, by Adams' Express. You ought to receive them to-morrow after- 
noon. Yours truly, 

Gentlemen:- Inclosed find invoice cf Teas ordered on the 9th inst. 
The Japans were not quite up to the mark, so 'we sent Chinas. The 
price is a little higher, but we know the goods will please you, we ship- 
ped yesterday, via New York Central as directed. 

Gentlemen:- Your favor of 22nd. was duly received, and we forward 
the goods this day per Merchants' Despatch, as directed. Inclosed find 
invoice. Your obedient servants, 

Cashier First National Bank. 
Sir:- We propose to open a deposit account in your bank, and would 
refer to F. M. Stevens, Esq., and to Messers Browning & Co., as to our 
standing, &c. Respectfully your servants, 

Gentlemen:- Will you oblige us confidentially with some informa- 
tion relative to Messers J. B. Jones & Co., of your town. Do they stand 
fair, and would you consider it safe to sell them at four months? 
Respectfully your servnats, 

Gentlemen:- Your favor of the 10th is at hand. We regret that we 
eannot give you any satisfactory information relative to the parties you 
inquire about. Our opinion of them is unfavorable. 

Very respectfully yours, 

Gentlemen:- In reply to yours of the 10th inst, we would say that 
the house you inquire about is in good standing, and wo should not re- 
fuse them a reasonable credit; but we do not know the extent of their re- 
sponsibility. Respectfully yours, 

Gentlemen ". In reply to yours of the 10th inst. we would say that 
the house of J. B. Jones & Co., is in first rate standing, and in our opin- 
ion will assume no indebtedness for which they are not amply respon- 
sible. 






36 

THE GALLERY. 

Extract From Benn Pitmann. 



The qualifications required in a good reporter are various, 
and they are not so easy of attainment as is generally suppos- 
ed. In the first place, a man who pretends to be an 
ornament to his profession, must be a good shorthand writer. 
There are certainly many excellent persons in the Gallery, 
who use abbreviated longhand, but still a quicker mode of 
note taking is in general desirable, and, in many cases, abso- 
lutely necessary, unless the reporter is favored with an extra- 
ordinary memory. Some persons have been known to supply 
a column of a newspaper, and that even on financial questions, 
in which figures form the bulk ; entirely from the exercise of 
memory, no notes having been taken; but these are rare in- 
stances. 



THE TRUE GLORY OF A NATION. 

Extract From Munson. 



The true glory of a nation is an intelligent, honest, indus- 
trious Christian people. The civilization of a people depends 
on their individual character; and a constitution which is not 
the outgrowth of this character, is not worth the parchment on 
which it is written. You look in vain in the past, for a single 
instance, where the people have preserved their liberties, after 
their individual character was lost. It is not in the mag- 

nificence of its palaces, not in the beautiful creations of art 
lavished on its public edifices, not in costly libraries and gal- 
leries of pictures, not in the number or wealth of its cities, 
that we find a nation's glory. 



37 

Messrs. Fleischmann & Co., 

St. Paul, Minn. 
Gentlemen : — 

We are sorry to inform you that we cannot fill your 
order of the 8th inst., in less than ten days. We have so many 
orders on our books for this class of goods, that we are obliged 
to take them in rotation, notifying each customer of the nec- 
essary delay. We have, however, sent you the two crates of 
No. 342, Cut Glass, and enclosed the two packages of French 
Porcelain. These goods we have sent by Merchants Despatch 
to-day. Please notify us if we shall fill the balance of the 
order at the time specified . 

Yours very respectfully, 

Taylor & Stevens. 

Every intelligent stenographer will concede that the use 
of light lines and a seperate and distinct character for every 
sound, will increase the legibitity of shorthand very mater- 
ially; but they suppose that a light line system cannot be 
arranged without disadvantages of some sort. A comparison 
of the extracts from Pitman and Munson (on pages 29 and 
30) with the originals, will show that Light Line Phonogra- 
phy is not only three hundred per cent, more legible, but is 
briefer, more facile, and better in every respect than ordinary 
shorthand. Of course an occasional outline will be found 
that is longer than that used by Pitman or Munson, but the 
majority of the outlines are shorter, and an actual count of the 
pen strokes, will show to the advantage of the Light Line 
Phonography. 

The only real difficulty in ordinary shorthand is its lack 
of legibility. In rapid writing the strokes which ought to be 
shaded are frequently written light, and the position indicates 
the accented vowel, which may be in any part of the word; 
the consequence is, in reading, the words cannot be spelled. 

In Light Line Phonography, every sound is represented 
by a seperate and distinct character, so we know exactly what 
the consonants are. The position vowel, reads immediately 
after the first consonant, unless otherwise shown. The con- 
sequence is, in reading Light Line Phonography, the outlines 
can be spelled out, almost as well as if every letter were 
actually written. 



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29 
LETTERS. 

19 Broadway, New York. 
Mr. B. Bailey, 

34 Smith Street, Cincinnatti, O. 

Dear Sir : — 

I have shipped you to-day 4 sample books of cloth 
marked J. M. numbers 3, 7, 11 and 15. I shall be glad if 
you will examine these goods and compare the prices. 
Hoping to hear from you at an early date, I remain, 

Yours respectfully, 
No. I. — 62 words. J. C. Acker. 



29 Broadway, 
New York, June 20, 1893. 
\V. H. Frank, Esq. 

General Manager S. & B. Railroad Co., 

Atlanta, Ga. 
Dear Sir : — 

v Kindly instruct Mr. Taylor to issue transportation 
orders for my car, over R. & D. lines in North Carolina and 
oblige, 

Yours very truly, 

No. 2. — -52 words. J. H. Hill. 



John Farrington, Esq. 

Pres. S. & B. Railroad Co. 

Dear Sir : — 

If consistent with your rules, I would thank you for 
trip pass, for my secretary T. J. Smith, from New York to 
New Orleans and return. 

Yours truly, 
No. 3. — 38 words. T. Jackson. 



30 

Major Thomas H. Radcliff, 

General Manager F. & W. S. R. R. Co. 

Dear Sir :— 

I am in receipt of your favor of the 3rd inst. and also 
of the forms of release vouchers therein advised, for which 
I am much obliged. 

Yours truly, 
No. 4. — 45 words. J. E. Baker. 

Colonel H. Walker, 

Commissioner. 

Dear Sir : — 

Your wire of the 4th inst. duly received, giving sum- 
mary of the contents of shipment from Atlanta, over Atlanta 
and Florida Railroad, for which I am much obliged. 
Mimeograph copy will supply all the details which I desire. 

Very truly yours, 
No. 5. — 50 words. M. G. Ames. 

Thomas T. Jackson, Esq. 

Traffic Manager. 

Dear Sir :— 

Your telegram in regard to original paper in matter 
of advance in Orange Rates, from Florida, was received by 
Mr. Graham just as he was leaving the office. I have seen 
Mr. Cloud in regard to the matter and he says the original 
paper was given to the Jacksonville people, and that so far 
as he knows no copy of it was made. Mr. Cloud says it was 
very short and in almost the following language : " The 
Pennsylvania Railroad has notified the Jacksonville people, 
that they too, as the outlet of the all rail lines have de- 
manded an advance often cents over last year's rates." 

Yours truly. 
No. 6. — 118 words. B. Bennett. 



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Colonel H. Walker, 

Commissioner etc. 
Dear Sir :— 

I am in receipt of your favor of the 12th inst. with 
attached statement and correspondence, relative to the 
maintainance of rates at Brunswick, for which I thank you. 

Yours truly, 
No 7. — 38 words. W. Burke. 



W. H. Frank, Esq., 

General Manager. 
Dear Sir : — 

I am unable at the moment to find the papers regard^ 
ing the terminal station at Athens, requested in yours of the 
5th inst. I will have further search made and advise you. 

Yours truly, 
No. 8.-42 words. W. Burke. 



J. B. Freeman, Esq. 

33 Barclay Street, New York. 
Dear Sir :— 

Your favor of the 12th inst. received and I have 
written a letter to Messrs. Green & Co., a copy of which I 
enclose herewith ; I also hand you their reply, which after 
reading please return. Yours truly, 

No. 9. — 41 words. W. Burke. 



Mark Gay lor, Esq. 

229 Trenton Street, York, Pa. 
Dear Sir :— 

I am in receipt of yours of the 10th inst. with the 
proposed mortgages for the North Carolina Midland. I 



have sent the mortgages to Messrs. Farley & Serl, our 
General Counsel, and will return to you for execution after 
the revision. Yours truly, 

No. 10. — 57 words. J. Engelhardt. 



Dear Sir :— 

Please send me a few blank revenue sheets, say t~ree 
of each division ; better send the new form for the Schen- 
ectady District. Yours truly, 

No. II.— 28 words. John Hill. 



Mr. J. W. Morrison, 

29 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn. 
Dear Sir : — 

We are in receipt of your favor of the 20th inst., and 
also acknowledge receipt of your previous communication 
of the 14th, inclosing 50 cents in stamps. On the 16th we 
mailed you a copy of " Adam Bede," which has no doubt 
come to hand by this time; if not let us know and we will 
take steps to ascertain why delivery has been delayed. 

Yours respectfully, 
No. 12. — 80 words. R. Glover. 



Messrs. C. B. Harrison & Co., 

Cincinatti, Ohio. 
Gentlemen : — 

We take pleasure in handing you a copy of our job- 
bing price list as per your request of the 23rd inst. Our 
draft on you for $28.75, D ^ °f May 27th, has been returned 
indorsed paid. As no such remittance has been received by 
us« it has probably been lost through the mail. May we 
therefore request that you furnish duplicate of the draft or 



check, and should the original turn up it will be at once 
returned to you. Very respectfully yours, 

No, 13. — 100 words. M. Kirby. 



R. M. Wells, Esq. 

Cross Street, Geneva, 111. 

Dear Sir :— 

We acknowledge receipt of your favors of the nth 
and 1 2th, from Cedar Rapids. We have sent Mr. J. B. 
Smith a copy of " My Favorite Receipt " and would say 
that there is no expense attached to this, in cases where 
they are given out with care and for the use of our custom- 
ers. With regard to request of Waters & Wilson, we are 
compelled to refuse to ship any rollers to that point, as the 
duty is enormous. We should have been glad to have in- 
closed some of these in the shipments of bak-ing powder, 
but as it is shipped in cases and not in barrels, we cannot 
do so. 

You will explain to Waters & Wilson about the duty, as 
we think under these circumstances they would not want 
them. Very truly yours, 

No 14. — 147 words. James Infanger. 



Messrs. Smith & Jones, 

19 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. 

Gentlemen : — 

We are in receipt of your favor of the 18th inst. with 
inclosure as stated, which over pays your purchase of the 
9th inst. 75 cents, for which we inclose postage stamps to 
balance. We have deducted only half of one per cent, in- 
stead of one per cent., which we allow when payment is 
made within ten days. Very truly yours, 

No. 15. — 72 words. T. Coots. 



34 

R. Dixon, 

13 Bond Street, Trenton, N. J. 

Dear Sir :— 

Your favor of the ioth inst. duly received. I am 
also in receipt of the contracts between this company and 
the city of Syracuse, in regard to Johnson Street, under 
the belt line railroad, near Hollis Mill Road Crossing, 
County of Fulton, State of New York. Both copies have 
been duly executed and I send you same to-day, per 
Adams Express. Very truly yours, 

No. l6. — 75 words. C. Holmberg. 

Dear Sir : — 

I notice in your March statement, that you have R. 
and D. credited with $8,500 more than we should have, 
and I ask you to make this change in your balance sheet 
and return same to me. Very truly yours, 

No. 17.— 44 words. M. Daus. 

M. B. Bush, Esq. 

Cincinatti, O. 
Dear Sir : — 

If consistent with the rules of your company, will 
you kindly issue trip pass, New York to Washington and 
return, in favor of Mr. John Thompson, assistant secretary 
of this company, and oblige, Very truly yours, 

No. 18. — 37 words. J. Danmar. 

Dear Sir :— 

I have yours of the 22nd inst. and have telegraphed 
Mr. Smith to be here on Tuesday, at 10 a. m. sharp. Will 
you kindly meet us in this office at that time, when I trust 
we shall be able to settle the Lawson claim without further 
trouble. Very truly yours, 

No. 19. — 53 words. William Scott. 



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Dear Sir :— 

I have yours of the 25th inst. and will have a rough 
draft of a contract prepared and forwarded to you, with as 
delay as possible. Yours truly, 

No. 20. — 33 words. John Dwyer. 

Dear Sir :— 

In answer to yours of the 25th inst. I will endeavor 
to find an expert for the examination of the brick and fire 
clay property. I do not know just where to look, and may 
take a little time, but I will move in the matter as fast as 
possible. Yours truly, 

No. 21. — 57 words. P. Delancy. 

Dear Sir :— 

I am in receipt of your favor of the 28th inst. inclosing 
list of subjects to be presented at the meeting of the board, 
on December 5th, for which I am much obliged. 

Yours very respectfully, 
No. 22. — 40 words. B. Lessing. 

Dear Sir :— 

Herewith I return agreement in duplicate with Jas. 
L. Taylor, concerning the rental to May next, for land in the 
city of Danville. Very truly yours, 

No. 23. — 30 words. F. Clayton. 

Dear Sir :— 

I am in receipt of yours of the 18th inst. and regret 
that I am unable to send you the pass therein requested. 

Yours respectfully, 
No. 24.-29 words. M. Mundell. 

Dear Sir :— 

In reply to your note of Saturday, I enclcse check 



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for $ 1 0,000 on account of balance, and will remit the re- 
mainder as soon as practicable. Please sign and return the 
inclosed receipt and oblige, Yours very truly, 

No. 25.-38 words. James White. 

J. B. Harrison, Esq., 

Richmond, Va. 
Dear Sir : — 

Herewith I enclose a letter which explains itself. 
Have you any information regarding the matter referred 
to ? I have no knowledge of it whatever. 

Yours truly, 
No. 26.-38 words. J. R. Van Brunt. 

Mr'. B. Riley, 

Parker House, Boston, Mass. 

Dear Sir :— 

Major Black wishes me to say, in answer to your 
personal communication of the 24th inst., that he cannot at 
present hold out any encouragement to you in reference to 
a position with our company ; he desires me to say however, 
that he will keep your favor before him for possible future 
reference. Respectfully yours, 

No. 27.-67 words. T. Sinclair. 

Captain H. R. Smith, 
Dear Sir :— 

Your favor of the 10th inst. came duly to hand ; I am 
also in receipt of your favor of the 9th inst. for which I am 
obliged. Kindly inform Mr. Harrison that I shall be in the 
city to-day and to-morrow, and I hope to see you also. 
We have settled the Jacksonville matter satisfactorily. 

Very truly yours, 
No. 28. — 65 words. H. Stevens. 



37 



Messrs. James Smith & Co., 

35 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. 

Gentlemen : — 

We take pleasure in handing you herewith invoice 
and bill of lading covering shipment of 40 cases of soap, as 
per your order of the 20th inst. We have your request for 
a larger margin on these goods, and in reply hand you our 
jobbing price list, and beg to assure you that these figures, 
the same that you have always enjoyed, are positively our 
lowest, in any quantity, to any jobber in the country. At 
present we are not prepared to make any reduction in our 
prices, but should we at any future time have any favors to 
grant in this respect, you will be among the first to receive 
them. Trusting that your shipment will come safely to hand 
in due course, we remain, Very respectfully yours, 

No. 29. — 144 words. J. B. Volk. 

Mr. H. B. Green, 

Hotel Royal, New Orleans, La. 
Dear Sir :— 

On the 10th inst. you wrote us from Nashville, con- 
cerning a plan for inducing the jobbing trade of Nashville 
to resume handling our goods, and in that letter you said 
that you expected to return to Nashville about the 20th inst. 
We wrote you on the 16th, care of the Central Hotel, as per 
inclosed (page 201). We also wrote you to the Central 
Hotel a letter on the same date, saying, while you are in 
Nashville please call on Robert Brown, and if possible, make 
collection as per inclosed draft. We have repeatedly en- 
deavored to induce settlement but without success. We 
inclose herewith your letter from Messrs. Green & Taylor 
as you request, having noted its contents with interest. We 
hope that your plan will succeed. We notice, however, that 
you have not returned to Nashville as you intended. We 



38 

have your route list indicating that you are to visit other 
points, and you have sent us no information that would 
lead us to suppose that this route list is not good. Now 
we wish to call your attention to one matter which you will 
see is important. You must sign every one of your reports 
giving your next mail address, allowing sufficient time for 
the passage of mail both ways. This will do away with 
such difficulties as we have been contending with in your 
case for a few days past ; and while we are on the subject, 
let us call your attention to the fact that you do not report 
the percentages as frequently as you might. We send to-day 
three copies of our last issue of the " Syracuse Herald." 
Please let us have your opinion of the marked articles. 

Yours truly, 
No. 30. — 300 words. B. F. Schrempf & Co. 

Mr. G. W. Powell, 

731 Arlington Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 

Dear Sir :— 

We are in receipt of your report of the 22nd from 
Baltimore, together with your orders of the same date. 
We have stated a number of times our objection to orders 
for the quantity that you sold to T. B. Meyer. The order 
is altogether too small, and while you feel justified in sell- 
ing this case perhaps, for the reason stated in your report 
we are fearful that you will feel the consequences of such 
a course hereafter. The order of James Hiram is also 
scarcely acceptable ; we have concluded to ship this time, 
however, but trust you will not take such an order again. 
Mr. Hiram should either buy in larger quantities, or he 
should arrange with some other jobber to even up his stock, 
until he can do so; in other words do not let the jobbing 
trade of Baltimore crowd the size of their orders down. 

Yours truly, 

No. 31. — 174 words. B. F. Schrempf & Co. 



39 



Mr. Arthur Murray, 

21 Market St., Boston, Mass. 
Dear Sir :— 

We are in receipt of your application for a position 
with this house, and have read with interest what you say 
regarding the influence of the retail trade on the sale of our 
goods. You are probably however, not aware, that we have 
a very large force of traveling men canvassing the whole of the 
United States, and watching the interests of this company, 
and at the present time there are no vacancies in our force. 
We will file your application however for future reference. 

Yours truly, 
No. 32. — 97 words. T. M. Warren & Co. 

Mrs. Anna T. Watson, 

Richmond, N. Y. 

Dear Madam : — 

Mrs. B. Taylor acknowledges the receipt of your es- 
teemed favor of the 23rd inst. and wishes me to say in reply 
that the advertisement of which you complain is contracted 
for in Scribner's, Century and Harper's Magazines for Sep- 
tember, and as these magazines have already been issued, it is 
now too late to countermand these orders. She has however 
countermanded all other orders for the publication of the 
advertisement in question, and the same will not appear 
again. She regrets exceedingly that the publication of the 
advertisement has caused you any annoyance or embarrass- 
ment, and trusts that you will have no further cause for 
complaint. Very respectfully yours, 

No. 33. — 117 words. J. Weber. 

Phoenix Silk Co., 
Gentlemen : — 

With regard to your offer on four bales Kadekas, I 
wrote Messrs. Taylor & Co. and am pleased to say with the 
result as inclosed, which I consider all right. I will send 



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contracts to-morrow. Kindly return the inclosure. With 
many thanks for the transaction, I remain, 

Yours faithfully, 
No. 34.-56 words. J. T. Wills. 

Messrs. T. L. Walker & Co., 

Youngsville, O. 
Gentlemen : — 

Replying to your valued favor of the 24th inst. we 
beg to say that your remittance of the 20th overpayed your 
your account 24 cents, which amount we inclose in postage 
stamps to balance. The acknowledgment should have 
been made for $93.32 as per receipt herewith ; the mistake 
made by yourselves was in the ten cent size. 

Very truly yours, 
No. 35. — 76 words. B. Williams. 



Mr. R. Wilson, 

94 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. 
Dear Sir :— 

In compliance with your request we inclose our 149 
for $150, receipt of which please acknowledge and oblige. 
We sent you a check for $150 last Monday, but have not 
yet received your acknowledgment of the same. 

Very truly yours, 
No. 36. — 59 words. Randall & Miller. 

Messrs. Smith & Johnson, 

33 Worth St., City. 
Gentlemen : — 

I send you herewith two sample books re*reeled Canton # 
No. 15, 20 bales No. 2 white. 
No. 17, 20 bales No. 3 white, at least they are so graded 



41 

by Messrs. Clark & Co., but I think the two together might 
average a good standard No. 3. I think I can buy them for 
$2.90 net. Hoping to hear from you at an early date, I am, 

Yours faithfully, 
No. 37.-83 words. W. C. Noble. 

J. W. Jones, Esq., 

376 Broadway, City. 
Dear Sir :— 

In reply to your inquiry for quotations on " Japan 
Organzine " I can sell a very good quality at $5.75; a n 
extra quality at $5.95 four months. I presume you want 
about \H drams in size per thousand yards. Hoping to 
hear from you at an early date, I am, 

Yours faithfully, 
No. 38.-68 words. W. C Noble. 

Messrs. R. B. Harrison & Co., 

29 Wall St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Gentlemen : — 

We have your circular of April 19th and your es- 
teemed favor of April 20th. We take pleasure in informing 
you that we have requested our Mr. Walker who is now in 
New York City, to call on you, and if he thinks the goods 
will answer our purpose to purchase them at the prices stated 
in yours of the 20th. Yours very truly, 

No. 39. — 78 words. H. L. Law. 

19 Nassau Street, 

New York, Jan. 7th. 
James E. Smith, Esq., 

77 Broad St., City. 
Dear Sir : — 

I have the honor to inform you that on the first of 
the present month, I commenced business at the above ad- 
dress as broker in cotton and cotton goods. My position 



42 



as sole agent for Messrs. Johnson, Wells & Co., of New 
Orleans, enables me to execute any orders I may receive, to 
the best possible advantage. Inclosed find market report. 
Hoping to hear from you at an early date, I am, 

Yours very respectfully, 
No. 40.— 94 words. Henry Wallace. 



Messrs. Henry Welsh & Co., 

Minneapolis, Minn. 
Gentlemen : — 

We confirm our purchase from you this morning by 
telegraph, ten thousand bushels No. 2 red wheat, New York 
grading, at $1.28 per bushel, October delivery; also two 
thousand bushels white oats, at 38 cents per bushel F. O. 
B. (Free on board). Yours truly, 

No. 41. — 58 words. Thomas Lynch & Co. 



Orange, N. J., July 23rd, 1893. 
Messrs. Sampson & Clark, 

34 Leonard Street, New York. 
Gentlemen : — 

On the 14th inst. I sent you an order for the inclosed 
list of articles, stating that I wanted the goods as soon as 
possible. I have not yet received the goods, neither have 
you advised me of the reason for delaying shipment. Yes- 
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for the drums, as I was out of sizes. Having to pay New- 
ark prices deprived me of half my usual profits, to say 
nothing of the expense and delay. If you cannot send these 
goods to-morrow please wire me on receipt of this. 

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